Ritabhari’s film to be screened at Toronto women film fest

Aritra Mukherjee’s debut directorial 'Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti' was among the two Bengali feature films that were selected in the prestigious Indian Panorama of IFFI in January this year. It was a great honour for the entire team and since then the film traveled to so many prestigious film festivals, both in India and abroad, earning appreciation from all corners. Now, the social drama, starring Ritabhari Chakraborty and Soham Majumder in the lead, has been selected at yet another prestigious film fest – the Toronto International Women Film Festival. 'Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti' talks about breaking taboos. It’s a dramatic comedy that makes one ponder about the outdated rites and rituals and questions the gender imbalance in society. The film questions why a woman can’t get into the kitchen or thakur ghor when she is having her periods. There are so many age-old myths we are following in this patriarchal society and the film opens the discussion among the audience centering on those beliefs. The story revolves around Shabari (Ritabhari), who is a lecturer and performing artiste. She is into another profession too. She is a woman priest! When a chance encounter with Vikramaditya (Soham) at a college function leads to a marriage proposal, she clearly tells the would-be groom about her multiple identities. Her words are misinterpreted and Shabari is forced to keep one important part of her life under wraps due to the stark differences between the worlds she belongs to, pre and post-marriage.